Sign-On Letters

NASW signs on to letters with coalition partners to demonstrate unity on an issue and to push for change.

2025 Sign-On Letters

• NASW signs onto an Open Letter Rejecting Presidential Attacks on Nonprofit Organizations (10/1/2025)
• NASW signs onto MHLG Letter urging Congressional Leaders to establish a 2-year or permanent extension of Medicare telehealth flexibilities (9/23/2025)
• NASW signs onto MHLG Letter to Congressional Leaders urging them to pass an extension of the enhanced health care tax credits as part of the government funding that expires on September 30 (9/23/2025)
• NASW signs on to MHLG letter expressing strong support of the Barriers to Suicide Act of 2025 (H.R.3505) (9/16/2025)
• NASW signs onto letter urging members of Congress to cosponsor the FAMILY Act (9/16/2025)
• NASW joins over 350 organizations in a letter urging Congressional leaders to make permanent the Enhanced Premium Tax Credits and reverse the harmful health care cuts in the One Big Beautiful Bill Law (9/11/2025)
• NASW joins over 380 organizations in letter to Congressional leaders urging full funding for WIC without any benefit cuts (9/10/2025) 
• NASW Signs On in Support of Expanding Access to Comprehensive Obesity Care (9/4/2025)
• NASW signs onto letter to Congressional leaders urging  them to extend Medicare telehealth access (8/11/2025) 
• NASW signs onto letter urging HHS Secretary Kennedy to protect the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (8/11/2025) 
• NASW joins Nearly 600 National, State, and Local Groups Urging the Department of Education and OMB to Immediately Release Withheld Federal Education Funds (7/17/2025)
• NASW signs onto MHLG letter urging Congressional leaders to Protect Medicaid for People with Mental Health Conditions and Substance Use Disorders (6/30/2025)
• NASW signs onto MHLG letter to Congressional leaders to express our deep concerns regarding the Administration’s order to eliminate LGBTQ+ youth specialized services within the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline (“988 Lifeline”) by July 17, 2025 (6/24/2025)
• NASW signs onto letter urging Senate leaders to exclude young people exiting foster care, homeless individuals, and veterans from the work requirement for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) (6/20/2025)
• NASW signs onto Health Care Community Letter to Senate Leadership expressing deep concern with the higher education provisions in the House-passed budget reconciliation bill (6/17/2025)
• NASW Signs On to Urge the House and Senate to Preserve CDC’s Center for Disease Prevention Division for Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity (DNPAO) (6/17/2025)
• NASW signs onto coalition letter to Senate leadership expressing strong opposition to the Medicaid provisions included in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1) (6/16/2025)
• NASW Comment Letter to CMS FY 2026 Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities Prospective Payment System – Rate Update (6/10/2025) 
• NASW signs onto letter urging members of the Doctors Caucus to join Rep. Buddy Carter on a letter to U.S. House and Senate leadership urging a fix to the H.R. 1 glitch that would limit the ability of small health care businesses to deduct state and local taxes at the entity level (6/10/2025)
• NASW signs onto letter to Appropriations Leadership Urging Inclusion of bipartisan report language for the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline and the Garrett Lee Smith Youth Suicide Prevention Campus Grants in the FY26 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Budget (6/3/2025)
• NASW signs onto letter Opposing Provisions in H.R. 1 that Harm Children and Families Through Changes to the CTC and EITC (6/2/2025)
• NASW signs onto letter urging appropriators to address the severe shortages of school-based mental health professionals with robust investments in two critical grant programs (6/2/2025) 
• NASW signs onto Coalition Letter to U.S. Department of Education to Ensure a Diverse Set of Negotiators is selected for the Upcoming Rulemaking Process  (6/2/2025)
• NASW signs onto Coalition Letter that Outlines Concerns with the Budget Reconciliation Bill (6/2/2025)
• NASW signs onto a letter opposing changes to CTC/EITC in the House Reconciliation Bill (H.R. 1) (5/21/2025)
• NASW signs onto coalition letter to Secretary Kennedy on impact of Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) layoffs on tobacco control (5/21/2025)
• NASW signs onto letter urging Appropriators to provide $35 million for the CDC, $25 million for the NIH, and $1 million for the NIJ to conduct public health research into firearm morbidity and mortality prevention (5/20/2025) 
• NASW signs onto National Women's Shelter Network's letter applauding introduction of the Women’s and Family Protection Act, (H.R. 3319) (5/9/2025)
• NASW signs onto Coalition Comment Letter to U.S. Department of Education in Response to Intent to Establish Negotiated Rulemaking (5/5/2025)
• NASW signs onto coalition letter to the House and Senate urging support of funding for CDC's Office on Smoking and Health in FY 2026 (4/30/2025)
• NASW signs onto letter with the IDEA Full Funding Coalition to Congressional Appropriators requesting the maximum increase possible for IDEA (4/24/2025) 
• NASW signs onto letter with Care Can't Wait Coalition, urging Congress to reject cuts to essential programs that families and caregivers need (4/23/2025)
• NASW signs onto letter urging Secretary Kennedy to ensure that critically important functions of SAMHSA and ACL continue as required by law (4/23/2025)
• NASW joins the Obesity Action Coalition in urging the Trump Administration to expand access to obesity medications (4/22/2025)
• NASW, including its 55 chapters, signed onto a letter urging Congress to prioritize students in reconciliation (4/8/2025)
• NASW signs onto letter to Committee Leadership urging them to preserve the PSLF and IDR student loan debt relief programs (4/8/3035) 
• NASW signs onto MHLG letter in support of the Energy and Commerce Committee's markup of H.R. 2483, the "SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act of 2025" (4/7/2025)
• NASW signs onto AAPD letter to Congressional leaders regarding the plans to reorganize the Department of Health and Human Services and the elimination of the Administration for Community Living (3/28/2025)
• NASW signs onto PARCA letter urging Congressional leaders to reconsider potential cuts to Medicaid and strengthen the program (3/24/2025)
• NASW signs onto letter to oppose the Administration's request for additional recissions to IRS enforcement funding (3/6/2025)
• NASW signs onto stakeholder letter along with over 300 organizations urging Congress to make permanent the telehealth provision that provides employers the flexibility to offer their employees with a High Deductible Health Plan (HDHP) paired with a Health Savings Account (HSA) access to telehealth services pre-deductible (2/27/2025)
• NASW signs onto letter with the National Coalition on Child and Family Well-Being about the impact of budget reconciliation on key programs that serve children and families in or at risk of entering the child welfare system (2/24/2025)
• NASW signs onto Introductory letter with Within Reach Coalition about Prioritizing Child Care and Early Learning (2/24/2025)
• NASW signs onto letter urging Congress to establish permanent or long-term access to telehealth (2/24/2025)
• NASW signs onto letter opposing the nomination of Dr. Oz as CMS Administrator (2/20/2025) 
• NASW signs onto LCCR letter opposing the confirmation of Linda McMahon as Secretary of Education (2/19/2025)
• NASW signs onto Medicaid in Schools Coalition Letter on the Reconciliation Efforts Impacting School-Based Medicaid programs (2/17/2025)
• NASW signs onto MHLG Letter Welcoming the Members of the Energy and Commerce Committee to the 119th Congress (2/5/2025)
• NASW signs onto coalition letter on Final FY25 Appropriations Bills (1/30/2025)
• NASW signs onto MHLG letter encouraging Congressional leaders to Protect Medicaid for People with Mental Health Conditions and Substance Use Disorders (1/29/2025)
• NASW signs onto Care Can't Wait Letter Encouraging the 119th Congress to Invest in Programs that Support the Caregiving Work that Every Family, Community, and Our Entire Economy Relies On (1/27/2025)
• NASW joins over 400 organizations in signing on to The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights in opposition to H.R. 28, the so-called Protection of Women and Girls in Sports (1/13/2025)

2024 Sign-On Letters

• NASW signs onto letter to Congressional leaders urging inclusion of the strongest Kids Online Safety Act in an end of year package (12/03/2024)
• NASW signs onto comments in support of the Department of Education’s released Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to provide student loan debt relief to student loan borrowers experiencing hardship (12/02/2024)
• NASW signs onto letter with Families USA to urge Congress to pass hospital price and billing transparency to lower health care costs (11/13/2024)
• NASW signs onto letter to Congressional leaders expressing our strong support for the Connecting Our Medical Providers with Links to Expand Tailored and Effective (COMPLETE) Care Act (H.R. 5819/S. 1378) (11/12/2024)
• NASW signs onto letter to the Biden Administration and Congressional leaders urging them to ensure that relief comes to farm workers in an upcoming disaster relief package (10/30/2024)
• NASW signs onto letter urging Congressional leaders to include the COMPLETE Care Act (S. 1378/H.R. 5819) in an end-of-year package (10/28/2024)
• NASW signs onto letter encouraging the Working Families Tax Team to use the 2025 tax negotiations as an opportunity to meaningfully and permanently improve the Child Tax Credit (10/15/2025)
• NASW signs onto letter to Ways and Means Tax Teams urging them to expand the Earned Income Tax Credit (10/15/2024)
• NASW signs onto MHLG letter expressing our strong support for the bipartisan Stabilization to Prevent (STOP) Suicide Act (H.R.9577) 10/09/2024)
• NASW signs onto letter urging the Department of Education to extend the deadlines for the on-ramp protections and Fresh Start program (9/19/2024)
• NASW joins comments on Patient Navigation provisions in the CY2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule with the American Cancer Society and the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (9/09/2024)
• NASW signs onto letter in support of the Physician Fee Schedule digital therapeutics proposal (09/09/2024)
• NASW signs onto letter opposing budget process reforms that would lead to deeper cuts in domestic and international appropriations (09/06/2024)
• NASW signs onto letter urging the House Energy & Commerce Committee to hold a full committee markup of the Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act (09/6/2024)
• NASW signs onto PARCA Letter urging the Biden Administration to promulgate rulemaking on Provider Nondiscrimination (8/13/2024)
• NASW signs onto letter urging Congress to support 12-month continuous eligibility for adults in Medicaid and CHIP through the Stabilize Medicaid and CHIP Coverage Act (08/13/2024)
• NASW signs onto letter to the Senate Appropriations Committee urging them to protect current funding levels for the Internal Revenue Service in the FY2025 Financial Services and General Government bill (7/30/2024)
• NASW signs onto coalition letter urging appropriators to provide funding for reviewing health plans’ parity compliance analyses (06/26/2024)
• NASW signs onto letter urging Congressional leaders to fully appropriate non-defense discretionary programs and avoid poison pill riders (06/25/2024)
• NASW signs onto letter urging President Biden to create an Office of Caregiver Health (6/20/2024)
• NASW signs onto letter to House Energy and Commerce Committee urging passage of the Telemental Health Care Access Act (6/18/2024)
• NASW signs onto letter expressing concern and opposition to the FY2025 Financial Services and General Government proposal that would make deep cuts to IRS funding and prevent the IRS from implementing its Direct File program (6/12/2024)
• NASW signs onto coalition letter urging the Appropriations Committee leadership to approve the full authorized level of tobacco user fees and oppose any efforts to weaken or alter FDA’s authority over tobacco products through the FY 25 appropriations process (6/7/2024)
• NASW signs onto letter urging funding for public health research into firearm morbidity and mortality prevention in FY 2025 (6/3/2024)
• NASW signs onto letter urging the Committee on Energy and Commerce to bring the bipartisan Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act (H.R. 7890) up for markup (5/31/2024)
• NASW signs onto coalition comment letter to USDA on the CACFP “serious deficiency” proposed rule (5/21/2024)
• NASW signs onto coalition comment letter to the Department of Education on their Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to provide student loan debt relief using available authorities under the Higher Education Act (5/17/2024)
• NASW signs onto coalition letter in opposition to the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act (5/16/2024)
• NASW signs onto letter urging the Energy and Commerce Committee to advance KOSA and COPPA 2.0 to a markup session (5/14/2024)
• NASW signs onto Appropriations Leaders urging funding for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Social Determinants of Health program (5/14/2024)
• NASW signs onto LCCR letter urging House leaders to oppose H.R. 7109, the Equal Representation Act, and any future efforts to ask about citizenship status on the decennial census and to exclude noncitizens from the apportionment counts (5/7/2024)
• NASW signs onto MHLG letter supporting S. 3921/H.R.4892, the Medicaid Bump Act (5/1/2024)
• NASW signs onto coalition letter urging full funding for IDEA (4/29/2024)
• NASW signs onto coalition letter to Congressional leaders urging them to Address the Shortages of School Mental Health Professionals in FY2025 (4/25/2024)
• NASW signs onto letter thanking Congress for supporting the Byrne Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne JAG) program and seeking restoration of funding in FY2025 (4/23/2024)
• NASW signs onto coalition letter opposing the Farm Bill for rescinding the necessary updates to the Thrifty Food Plan (4/22/2024)
• NASW signs onto MHLG letter in support of the CONNECT Act (H.R.6928) which seeks to improve crisis response services (4/8/2024)
• NASW signs onto MHLG FY2025 Appropriations Recommendations (3/27/2024)
• NASW signs onto coalition letter to the Houseand Senate urging Increased Funding for CDC’s Office on Smoking & Health in FY25 (3/25/2024)
• NASW signs onto Community Catalyst & UnidosUS letter to CMS with more than 115 groups urging the Biden administration to minimize coverage losses during Medicaid Unwinding in 2024 (3/12/2024)
• NASW signs onto coalition letter supporting the Alternatives to PAIN Act (H.R. 7142/S. 3832) (3/5/2024)
• NASW signs onto letter opposing the SNAP restriction pilots (3/1/2024)
• NASW signs onto coalition letter urging Senate and House Leadership to oppose the Fiscal Commission Act of 2023 (H.R. 5779 / S. 3262) (2/27/2024)
• NASW signs onto ABC Coalition letter urging Senate leaders to keep CTC provisions in the tax package (2/26/2024)
• NASW signs onto ABC Coalition letter urging Senate leaders to keep strong Child Tax Credit provisions in the tax package (2/9/2024)
• NASW signs onto coalition letter requesting that the Department of Education immediately establish a fourth session for the Student Loan Debt Relief negotiated rulemaking (1/18/2024)
• NASW signs onto coalition letter voicing our opposition to the Pregnant Students’ Rights Act, H.R. 6914 (1/18/2024)
• NASW signs onto coalition letter on Final FY24 Appropriations Bills (1/9/2024)
• NASW signs onto NDD United Letter Regarding FY24 Topline Negotiations (1/8/2024)

2023 Sign-On Letters

• NASW signs onto LCCR letter urging the administration to move quickly to finalize and publish the rule implementing Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (12/21/2023)
• NASW signs onto letter to Congressional Leaders regarding concerns about potential cuts to IRS funding (12/13/2023)
• NASW signs onto letter urging members of Congress to prioritize expanding the Child Tax Credit (12/11/2023)
• NASW signs onto letter urging Leader Schumer to bring the Kids Online Safety Act to a vote (12/6/2023)
• NASW signs onto letter in support of the DHS Suicide Prevention and Resiliency for Law Enforcement Act (12/6/2023)
• NASW signs onto comments to CMS supporting the addition of fields to collect information on enrollees’ sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) (11/28/2023)
• NASW signs onto MHLG Telehealth Working Group letter to the Senate Finance Health Care Subcommittee urging permanent removal of the 6-month in-person requirement for telemental health (11/14/2023)
• NASW signs onto letter urging Congress to pass a bipartisan, bicameral continuing resolution including emergency funding to address urgent domestic funding needs (11/13/2023)
• NASW signs onto letter urging Senate leadership to move the bipartisan Kids Online Safety Act (S. 1409) (11/8/2023)
• NASW leads sign on letter of 64 diverse national organizations in support of the Improving Access to Mental Health Act (S. 838/H.R. 1638) (11/2/2023)
• NASW signs onto letter to Aetna expressing our concern with Aetna’s announcement terminating several services to treat mental health disorders and substance use disorders via telehealth/telemedicine (11/2/2023)
• NASW signs onto letter to Senate leadership urging passage of the Telehealth Expansion Act of 2023 (S. 1001/H.R. 1843) (10/31/2023)
• NASW endorses the FAMILY Act and signs onto letter to Senate Finance Committee (10/25/2023)
• NASW signs onto letter urging the Biden Administration to take immediate action to finalize the Department of Education’s Title IX rule (10/23/2023)
• NASW signs onto PARCA letter in response to Mental Health Party Proposed Rule section on provider nondiscrimination (10/17/2023)
• NASW signs onto MHLG Comments to the Biden-Harris Administration in response to Requirements Related to the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (10/17/2023)
• NASW signs onto letter to President Biden urging his administration to finalize the proposed rule to expand health coverage for DACA recipients, crime victims, and immigrant children (10/16/2023)
• NASW signs onto coalition letter to the office of Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester and Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick in support of H.R. 4775, The Helping Tobacco Users Quit Act (9/28/2023)
• NASW signs on to Trust for America’s Health letter to Congress to oppose cuts to the CDC Prevention and Public Health Fund (9/20/2023)
• NASW signs onto BHIT Coalition letter urging Congressional leaders to include the Behavioral Health IT Coordination Act (HR 5116/S. 2688) in the SUPPORT Act (9/15/2023)
• NASW signs onto coalition letter urging Congress to pass a clean continuing resolution (9/12/2023)
• NASW signs onto Habilitation Benefits Coalition letter to HHS on the Short-Term, Limited-Duration Insurance Proposed Rule (9/11/2023)
• NASW signs onto coalition letter urging Congress to invest at least $16 billion per year in emergency child care funding (9/11/2023)
• NASW signs onto letter to CMS with the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network on the Physician Fee Schedule (9/8/2023)
• NASW signs onto Families USA letter to Congress to advocate for health care affordability, price transparency, and site neutral payment reform (9/7/2023)
• NASW signs onto coalition letter regarding gender justice in the Farm Bill (8/14/2023)
• NASW signs onto LCCR letter supporting Full Inclusion for Transgender and All LGBTQI+ Youth (7/26/2023)
• NASW signs onto MHLG letter in support of the Barriers to Suicide Act (H.R. 3759) (7/21/2023)
• NASW signs onto coalition letter to IRS Commissioner thanking him for announcing a pilot direct filing tool (7/19/2023)
• NASW signs onto letter to President Biden Urging Swift Action to Enact New Student Debt Cancellation Plan Immediately (7/19/2023)
• NASW signs onto letter to Congress Opposing Efforts to Ban Access to Gender Affirming Care (7/18/2023)
• NASW signs onto letter urging Senate leaders to move the bipartisan Kids Online Safety Act (S. 1409) (7/18/2023)
• NASW signs onto letter to Agriculture Committees indicating strong support for the GusNIP program which helps SNAP recipients purchase more fruits and vegetables (7/12/2023)
• NASW signs onto MHLG Coalition Letter in support of the Helping Kids Cope Act (6/29/2023)
• NASW signs onto coalition letter Opposing Harmful Provisions in House Ag-FDA Appropriations Bill on Menthol Cigarettes, Flavored Cigars and Nicotine Standard (6/12/2023)
• NASW signs onto letter urging the Department of Defense to implement the SERVE Act (6/6/2023)
• NASW signs onto MHLG letter supporting the Better Mental Health Care for Americans Act (5/23/2023)
• NASW signs onto group letter supporting responsible budget and debt policies (5/22/2023)
• NASW signs onto MHLG letter in Support of Pursuing Equity in Mental Health Act for the 118th Congress (5/18/2023)
• NASW signs onto coalition letter endorsing the Modernizing Opioid Treatment Access Act of 2023 (S. 644/H.R. 1359) (5/16/2023)
• NASW signs onto LCCR comments to the Department of Education supporting students' rights to participate in athletics consistent with their gender identity (5/15/2023)
• NASW signs onto letter urging Congress to reject cuts to non-defense discretionary programs and set funding for FY24 to meet human needs (5/15/2023)
• NASW, along with its 55 chapters, sign onto Coalition Letter to Congressional Leaders Rejecting Legislation to Reverse Student Loan Payment Pause, Block Debt Relief for Student Loan Borrowers (5/8/2023)
• NASW signs letter with 200+ groups to urge the Administration to keep people covered during Medicaid Unwinding (4/24/2023)
• NASW signs Families USA letter with nearly 230 organizations to tell Congress: No Cuts To Medicaid (4/19/2023
• NASW signs onto LCCR letter urging Representatives to support the Women’s Health Protection Act (4/11/2023)
• NASW signs onto letter urging appropriators to prioritize investments in programs that promote the learning, health, safety, and well-being for the young people in our country as they develop the FY 2024 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education appropriations bill (4/11/2023)
• NASW signs onto letter to Appropriators urging funding for IDEA Part B Grants to States (3/24/2023)
• NASW signs onto MHLG Workforce Workgroup letter in response to Senate HELP Committee RFI on Health Workforce (3/20/2023)
• NASW signs onto MHLG Fiscal Year 2024 Appropriations Requests (3/17/2023)
• NASW signs onto coalition letter to the House and Senate in support of increased funding for the CDC's Office on Smoking & Health in Fiscal Year 2024 (3/16/2023)
• NASW signs onto Joint Statement in Support of SNAP (3/15/2023)
• NASW signs onto coalition letter to House of Representatives in Support of Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Smoke-Free Bill (3/6/2023)
• NASW signs onto coalition letter to the House and Senate in support of the proposed rules to prohibit menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars (2/21/2023)
• NASW signs onto letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) expressing support for non-opioid therapies under Medicare Part D (2/13/2023)
• NASW signs onto SBPC comments to the Department of Education regarding Income Driven Repayment proposed rules (2/10/2023)
• NASW signs onto letter to CMS with the Habilitation Benefits Coalition on Essential Health Benefits (1/31/2023)
• NASW signs onto coalition letter urging Sen. Schatz and Rep. Thompson to include a provision that would eliminate the in-person requirement for telemental health service in the CONNECT for Health Act  (1/30/2023)
• NASW signs onto PARCA letter welcoming members to the 118th Congress (1/26/2023)
• NASW signs onto coalition letter to Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) regarding the Updated Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) Certification Criteria  (1/20/2023)

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